I may need to open a new thread, but wanted to stat here, as this one seems pretty general:
Hunted for deer in a lower elevation area (1600-2000 feet) earlier this year, and found a lot of bear sign (and a bear). Like many have mentioned here, the deer/bear season conflict kept me from chasing the bears. Now, with a couple weeks left in bear season, I'm going to go after one...
Is it too late in the year? I was told they don't hibernate in a lot of environments out here, and this lower elevation habitat seems like it might be an applicable area for that scenario. I imagine we're just outside of that hyper-active (hyperphagia) phase, but is it too late altogether? Am I totally wasting my time? Or should I just expect a tougher time locating them at this point?
Thought there might be some good feedback from this group. Thanks.